Collapsible silent-bidding auction easel



Oct. 2 1923. 1,469,212

0. E. DE PEw COLLAPSIBLE SILENT BIDDING AUCTION EASEL Filed Nov. 2.1921

INVENTORI YAZZ$Q1 U C(bzma: 6480 @e/ eW' Patented Oct. 2, 1923.

-pArEu-rbFHCE- CLARENCE EDISON DE- rEw, or SPRINGFIELD, rLLINoIs.

COLLAPSIBLE SILENT-BIDDING AUCTION EASEIl.

Application filed November 2, 1921.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, CLARENCE EDISON DE PEW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Sangamon and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Collapsible Silent-Bidding Auction Easels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an easel having the combined merits of a collapsible poster and a silent-bidding-auction easel into which bids on cards used for the purpose may be dropped.

The purposes of this invention are: to provide a new and improved means for facilitating silent bidding in connection with a silent auction sale of'premiums, to provide a collapsible easel that will be convenient to manipulate and handy to pack and ship. to

provide a convenient collapsible receiving chamber for bid cards, and to provide more attractive poster surfaces for advertisements and announcements.

The desired object of my invention is attained by the collapsible silent-bidding auction easel described in the annexed specifications, recited in the claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which like reference numerals indicate the same structural parts in the several figures.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is an isometric drawing of the assembled easel of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of my easel,

showing inside construction of the easel.

Fig. 3 is a detail drawing showing the,

slidable means of assembling the easel.

Fig. 4 is a detail drawing showing how the springy support for the base board is is being promoted by The Red Arrow Serv- -ice Company of which I am the president.

The details of the merits of this easel are readily seen in an explanation of themethod of using the same.

When a merchant buys the Red Arrow Service plan of boosting business he is sup- Serial No. 512,315.

plied with a collapsible silent-bidding auc 7' tion easel which he may assemble and station in a conspicuous-place about his store or on e the side-walk ready to, receive coupon bond bids on premiums thatare put up by the merchant to be bid on and paid for with 7 coupon bonds.

The coupon bonds have a face value of the chases equal to the amount of cash paid to the merchant.

The merited features of my invention are found in its collapsible construction, combining a receivingchamber for bid cards,

with an abundant and attractive arrange ment for advertising and announcement posters. When the easel is assembled the poster boards 2 and 3. are slidably adjusted to the triangular end pieces 1, by means of co-opcrating elements 10 and 11 and detachably secured into normal position by hooks 15. The base board 13 is then snapped into position from below by pressing it up against spring'supports 12 until said bottom piece comes to rest above said spring. The spring is heldin position with a staple 14:. Pressure on the spring at 12 will release the bottom. V

When thus partially assembled the top poster board 4 and arrow 5 are assembled by dropping supports 6 into slots 7 and by. position by setthen setting the arrow into ting pins 8 into holes at 16 When thus completely assembled thecoI- lapsible silent-bidding auction easel of :my

invention is readyto-receive bids'through slot 9 shown in Fig. 1. g I

It is obvious that details of construction may be varied to some extent and yet stay within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and useful and desire to se-, cure by Letters Patent is} r In a collapsible silent-bidding 4 auction easel of the character described, having triforming thebQttom of alreceiving chamber for bid'dingcards means provided li'n a springy, resilient, manually actuated sup port for said baseboard as and forthe purpose set forth;

' In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand this 31st day of October 1921.

Witnesses v 1 MABEnMcOAi-L, LILLIAN B. Gns'mnsox. 3

CLARENCE EDISON DE E V 

